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School

University of Guelph

Department

Political Science

Course

POLS 3670

Professor

Jordi Diez

Semester

Winter

Description

Pols 3670
Advantages and disadvantages of the policy cycle
• In countries of the global south there is implementation problems. Who are the
implementers? Who are the policy formulators which are the actors that place issues on
the agenda?
• Politicians don’t always approach policy in a systematic way its messy
• There are competing demands
• It suggest politicians are truly caring and approach policy in a systematic way and
suggests it follows a linear process
• It is not always applicable to all government institutions
• Courts do not apply for agenda setting they don’t make certain issues a problem it is
whatever is up next on the docket.
• There isn’t always explanations for what the cost of something is from one state to
another.
• Social pressure is what really make issues come up on the agenda, there is a lot of
institutions who affect what the government hears on the agenda.
• The policy cycle doesn’t apply neatly to every area of a policy
• You may need to adapt the policy cycle based on what area you are looking at
• There certain areas that don’t attract a lot of attention unless there is a crises such as
the derailing of trains
Approaches to the study of public policy
Positivism: Objective, science
Public choice: it is influenced by behaviourism is when people started to think politics was
scientific. Most positivist approach in public policy. Identified with the right-